Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask His Majesty's Government what actions they are taking with the EU to remove the requirement for those selling poppies in Northern Ireland to have an EU sticker on every poppy tray to confirm compliance with EU rules, or to make Northern Ireland poppy sellers exempt from this requirement.

We are pleased that the Royal British Legion continues their charitable fundraising activities in Northern Ireland as they have always done. The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has written to the Royal British Legion to assure them that the updated General Product Safety Regulation in Northern Ireland does not apply in respect of the Poppy Appeal.